What are the important events that happened on March 27? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

March 27: Facts & Myths About This Day

March 27 is the 87^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 279 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 14, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,711,497,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘octacontaheptagon’ day.

Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 308 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,114 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

March 27 Historical Events

• 1625 –
  Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.
• 1794 –
  The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
• 1884 –
  A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, US, attacks members of a jury who had returned a verdict of manslaughter in a clear case of murder, and then over the next few days would riot and destroy the courthouse.
• 1910 –
  A fire during a barn-dance in Ököritófülpös, Hungary, kills 312.
• 1958 –
  Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union.
• 1964 –
  The Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes South Central Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
• 1977 –
  Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). 61 survived on the Pan Am flight.
• 1986 –
  A car bomb explodes at Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, killing 1 police officer and injuring 21 people.
• 1994 –
  The Eurofighter takes its first flight in Manching, Germany.
• 2009 –
  A suicide bomber kills at least 48 at a mosque in the Khyber Agency of Pakistan.

Who were born on March 27?

• 1851 –
  Vincent d'Indy, French composer and teacher (d. 1931)
• 1883 –
  Marie Under, Estonian author and poet (d. 1980)
• 1901 –
  Kenneth Slessor, Australian poet (d. 1971)
• 1923 –
  Louis Simpson, Jamaican-born poet
• 1940 –
  Janis Martin, American singer (d. 2007)
• 1942 –
  Michael Jackson, English writer (d. 2007)
• 1952 –
  Richard Séguin, Quebec singer and songwriter
• 1972 –
  Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Dutch footballer
• 1974 –
  Russ Haas, wrestler (d. 2001)
• 1986 –
  SoCal Val, American professional wrestling valet

Who died on March 27?

• 1572 –
  Girolamo Maggi, Italian Renaissance man (b. c. 1523)
• 1625 –
  King James I of England and Ireland, James VI of Scotland (b. 1566)
• 1827 –
  François Alexandre Frédéric, French social reformer (b. 1747)
• 1879 –
  Prince Waldemar of Prussia, son of Emperor Frederick III (b. 1868)
• 1897 –
  Andreas Anagnostakis, Greek physician (b. 1826)
• 1926 –
  Georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1887)
• 1968 –
  Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1934)
• 1981 –
  Olle Björklund, Swedish actor and news presenter (b. 1916)
• 2006 –
  Dan Curtis, American television producer and director (b. 1928)
• 2006 –
  Lyn Nofziger, American journalist and political advisor to Ronald Reagan (b. 1924)